Projector Headlamps

I did not use resistors.

So, neither one lit up? I'm thinking you may have tapped d the incorrect wires.

@xXCiviXx
 
I did not try the second one once it blew. I was not happy. I connected it to the two outside wires. I believe the middle wire is for the signal itself
 
After it did not light I put the wires directly to the battery with the same effect to make sure it wasn't the parking light wires that were wrong. Still nothing @Pauly99to17
 
So, they have never worked. ??
Perhaps there is some sort of fault in them. Where did you buy them? Are they providing you any support?

@xXCiviXx
 
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They did work. I had them plugged into regular headlights and they worked fine. When I was installing fog lights I wanted to connect the LEDs to the parking lights. Such as yours are. I went to do that and it didn't work anymore. I will note however that I did not move the passenger side from the regular headlight connection and it worked after the other went out. I'm shipping them back today for warranty.
 
So here is the updated news. They received my lights yesterday. Today I get an e-mail which states the headlights are on a National Backorder. So from there I went into a live chat with them online. Keep in mind, they have been keeping in touch with me about my warranty and helping with everything. So I get in chat and here is how it goes.

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info: You are now being connected to CARiD LiveChat. Please wait while we connect you to a Product Specialist
info: You are now chatting with 'Laura Ch'
info: Please wait while I transfer the chat to 'Julia Ni'.
info: You are now chatting with 'Julia Ni'
Julia Nia : Hello, Glenn Dean, how may I assist you today?
Glenn Dean: Hi Julia. I just received an e-mail from you guys after you received my warranty headlights back.
Glenn Dean: It says they are on backorder and the Estimated ship date would be the 20th of April
Glenn Dean: Is there any way I could get a refund or something? I can't wait that long for the headlights to come back in. They were supposed to be shipped right back out to me once CarID received mine. They got there yesterday and now it is saying back ordered? There should of been on hold if backorder was a possibility then.
Julia Ni: I am sorry such an issue occurred. We may issue the refund. Please let me know your decision.
Glenn Dean: I would get my full amount of $367.38 back correct?
Julia Ni: Yes, it is correct.
Glenn Dean: I would like to do that.
Glenn Dean: How long does it normally take?
Julia Ni: The refund will be issued within 24-48 business hours. Usually it takes up to 5 business days for your bank to send the money to your account.
Glenn Dean: Ok. Will I get an e-mail confirming the refund has been sent out?
Julia Ni: Sure, we will provide you with the proof of refund. We will send you email confirmation right away the refund is issued.
Glenn Dean: Ok.
Glenn Dean: Can we proceed with this please? This is the option I would like to take :)
Julia Ni: Yes, I sent the request to provide you with the refund. Thank you for your understanding.
Glenn Dean: Thank you guys for the excellent customer service
Julia Ni: You are welcome! It was a pleasure communicating with you! I hope for your future business with us!
Glenn Dean: Thanks.

Needless to say they have been very understanding and even with the splicing that was done, in not a so normal spot on the headlamps, they are issuing the full refund. I'm sorry the backorder was so far into April but it happens. I will say though, I have extremely happy and impressed with the customer service of this company. I told all of you who were interested that I would let you know how the customer service was with this company and here you go!

From here I am moving onto keeping the stock headlamps and getting an HID upgrade for the car. I'm most likely going through XenoDepot as they have good reviews on this site. So now I have questions about this. Should I just upgrade the low beam headlight so I keep my high beams stock? Get rid of the DRL and upgrade the Low Beam and High Beam and just use fogs as my running lights? I'm thinking about going around the 5000k/6000k mark for bulbs so I get the white color but still a good lumen output. Unlike what I had with the 7000k. Also, Xtreme HID or Volt HID? Any huge difference besides the kelvin of the bulbs? Any input on how I should proceed or any ideas would be greatly appreciated. By the way, is the 4300k mostly yellowish like the stock halogen?
 
4300 kelvin is what pretty much every oem manufacturer uses for HID. Audi, bmw, lexus, acura etc. I should note that would be for cars without the jewel lenses or whatever like acura is now doing. I don't know what color temp those run. A standard oem halogen 9006 bulb puts out around 1000 lumens.

Light output is measured in luminosity or lumens. A 4300k HID bulb at 35 watts generally produces 3200-3400 lumens of light. As Kelvin Color Temperature starts to go up (5000k, 6000k and above) luminosity decreases. A 5000k HID bulb at 35 watts generally produces 3000 lumens and a 6000k HID bulb at 35 watts generally produces in the 2800 lumen range.

xtreme kit uses philips brand bulbs
-comes with a wire/relay harness
-improved/upgraded ballasts
-3yr warranty vs 2yr warranty

http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/hid-wiring-harness-weatherproofing.8848/
http://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/why-you-should-use-relay-harnesses-with-hids.7305/

they have a coupon code as well for 9th members -
XenonDepot said:
Remember to use your forum coupon code "9THCIVIC" to save $25 off each XenonDepot HID kit and get free shipping to the contiguous 48 states and Canada on all XenonDepot HID kits.
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Thank you for the information and links @webby . I will be going with the 9006 HID Kit | Xtreme HID. They are on sale right now too! I just hope the refund comes back quickly enough for it to still be on sale! They have already issued the refund as I received an e-mail this morning stating that. I'm just waiting for my bank to accept and give it as well. What did you think about the idea of having my fogs on as DRLs if I disabled my DRLS (By removing the fuse) that way I could have the HID high beam kit? Or should I just go with a regular 5000k bulb like Nokya sells (Cosmic White) for my DRLs and highs? I'm stuck on how I want to do this and would like opinions :)

@XenonDepot As for the sale that is going on right now for these. http://www.xenondepot.com/9006-HID-Kit-Xtreme-HID-p/xt-9006.htm How long will this sale last? I'm hoping my refund will be there tomorrow or Saturday in my account and I will order right then. I really don't want to miss the sale as I'm sure you understand. It is a great price for a great product from what I have seen from the reviews on this forum and various other places. Also my car is the 2013 Honda Civic EX Sedan. Do I need to CANbus or anything? I'm not really sure what this does or anything. I'll try finding more information on that part as I did a small search and did not really find nothing helpful.
 
I'd just use a nokya or similar bulb for the high beam personally. If you go with hids in the fogs, it's common to run 3000k hid bulbs in them. 3k bulbs cut through rain and snow much better than a standard hid bulb. They'll look like this yellow fog below -

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You can just tap them into your DRLs if you want them on at the same time as that or tap them into your lows if you want them to come on with them. Alternatively others have ran a wire to an ignition wire in order for it to just come on and stay in while car is on. I'll try to find the link for you for that if you want. Will be a bit. At work as I type this.
 
Enigma346 said:
You can just tap them into your DRLs if you want them on at the same time as that or tap them into your lows if you want them to come on with them. Alternatively others have ran a wire to an ignition wire in order for it to just come on and stay in while car is on. I'll try to find the link for you for that if you want. Will be a bit. At work as I type this.
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appreciate it. i was working on these over the weekend and couldnt get the concept to connect them and get the light bars to turn on.
 
You could just tap the wires into the parking lights as @Pauly99to17 did. This is probably the easiest method. The two outer wires on the parking lamps/turn signals are the positive and negative. Use a volt meter or even a test light to see what side is positive and which is negative. The tap the wires from the LED bars to the parking lamps using the clamps they gave you. Sometimes those clamps work for a good connection. Sometimes they don't.
 
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